Damn your Lupine Eyes, Mitok
You're Kidding Me...
2008 Remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still...With Keanu Reeves
Nothing is Sacred. I get it. A Unicorn I know always says that. Being in the field of performing arts (arts in general), I know that nothing is sacred. Variations, and different concepts on the same theme can be a very very good thing. Take "updated" Shakespeare plays. Take the "Batman" films now.
It can also be a very very ill conceived idea.
Like many, I regard the original 1951 The Day The Earth Stood Still as an iconic, and influential film. Culturally Signifigant. A slice of Americana that could only exist at that time, addressing The Atomic Age, Communisim, and the cultural tensions in a post World War Two world. It's timing was impeccable, with the themes that Robert Wise thought important to include, themes that would be standard for Sci Fi films for decades.
It's a film that is special to me. I remember it as a part of my childhood. I knew what "Gort, Klaatu Barada Niktu" was when I was in the 3rd grade. It's one of the few films to have a musical arrangement featuring the theramin. It possesses a magic, an undefinable aura that makes it special and timeless. Other films, like Psycho, Dr. Strangelove, or Alien have it. None told a new story, but did tell it in a new, and visionary way. To me, it's something that you, out of reverence, leave alone (i.e. don't "G. Lucas" it).
But who knows? Maybe it will be something great, grand and wonderful. A Movie that will end up changing the way movies are made for years to come, and will cause an audience to think about the world they live in, and their own actions. Afterall, one doesn't have to use wires to make a flying saucer land in downtown Washington D.C. anymore, and there are lots of current events to make social commentary on.
I will still be stubbornly skeptical, however. You better do a damn good job, Mr. Reeves. I'd hate to have the ghost of Michael Rennie after me.
UPDATE: The Director, Scott Derrickson, is labeled as a screenwriter for the remake of The Birds...No further comment.
2008 Remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still...With Keanu Reeves
Nothing is Sacred. I get it. A Unicorn I know always says that. Being in the field of performing arts (arts in general), I know that nothing is sacred. Variations, and different concepts on the same theme can be a very very good thing. Take "updated" Shakespeare plays. Take the "Batman" films now.
It can also be a very very ill conceived idea.
Like many, I regard the original 1951 The Day The Earth Stood Still as an iconic, and influential film. Culturally Signifigant. A slice of Americana that could only exist at that time, addressing The Atomic Age, Communisim, and the cultural tensions in a post World War Two world. It's timing was impeccable, with the themes that Robert Wise thought important to include, themes that would be standard for Sci Fi films for decades.
It's a film that is special to me. I remember it as a part of my childhood. I knew what "Gort, Klaatu Barada Niktu" was when I was in the 3rd grade. It's one of the few films to have a musical arrangement featuring the theramin. It possesses a magic, an undefinable aura that makes it special and timeless. Other films, like Psycho, Dr. Strangelove, or Alien have it. None told a new story, but did tell it in a new, and visionary way. To me, it's something that you, out of reverence, leave alone (i.e. don't "G. Lucas" it).
But who knows? Maybe it will be something great, grand and wonderful. A Movie that will end up changing the way movies are made for years to come, and will cause an audience to think about the world they live in, and their own actions. Afterall, one doesn't have to use wires to make a flying saucer land in downtown Washington D.C. anymore, and there are lots of current events to make social commentary on.
I will still be stubbornly skeptical, however. You better do a damn good job, Mr. Reeves. I'd hate to have the ghost of Michael Rennie after me.
UPDATE: The Director, Scott Derrickson, is labeled as a screenwriter for the remake of The Birds...No further comment.